Longstanding issues: structs & standalone Erlang

[Vlad Dumitrescu]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Luna [mailto:daniel@REDACTED] 

> This is actually a nice idea. I have been toying with it 
> before and I had some thought on how to do it (let's see if I 
> can remember any):
>   - Some sort of authentication (Erlang cookies are not really enough)
>   - Version control of the libraries (which version of "this" 
> depends on what version of "that")
>   - Preloading of libraries (to make the most use of even a slow
connection)
>   - A way to package everything and put it on a computer 
> without net access (smells like SAE)

What I had in mind wasn't a general repository like jungerl, but lazy access
to the OTP distribution. Instead of downloading everything directly, you
only take what you need.

If the code is already present locally, it isn't downloaded (i.e. no
updates!). 
If it isn't, it is only downloaded once, when first used (or if user
requires it, we should have a command to do it)

Security could be just a matter of checksums. SSH is an option too.

Everything works just like today, only some libraries won't be present from
the start. An application only needs to be pointed to the proper runtime
(just like today).

At a later stage, it could be possible to also update the libraries, but as
you point out - that is much harder to get right.

Regards,
Vlad